Joint OSPAR/HELCOM/ICES Working Group on Seabirds (JWGBIRD; outputs from 2022 meeting) ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES Scientific Reports 2024
• Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics; All ICES Ecoregions; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.24591936.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Joint_OSPAR_HELCOM_ICES_Working_Group_on_Seabirds_JWGBIRD_outputs_from_2022_meeting_/24591936/1

This report summarises the outcomes of the Joint ICES/OSPAR/HELCOM Working Group on Seabirds informal consultation in 2022. The meeting consisted of a series of hybrid workshops, where in-person and online participants discussed the most pressing current issues for seabirds in the ICES, OSPAR, and HELCOM regions and addressed the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the working group.One of the main objectives of the meeting was to summarise the results of the marine bird indicator assessments done within the regional assessments of the Northeast Atlantic and the Baltic Sea. The group also reviewed and discussed issues related to marine birds in relation to human activities at sea as well as the responses being made to protect marine birds. Based on the work of JWGBIRD, supported among others by two EU-funded projects (NEA PANACEA, HELCOM BLUES), the assessment of the status of marine birds in the OSPAR and HELCOM regions were successfully completed. The results of the assessments are summarised in this report. The ...